Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

MMC Bustamante, I Roitman, TM Aide… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests harbor a significant portion of global biodiversity and are a critical
component of the climate system. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation contributes …

Earth observation satellite sensors for biodiversity monitoring: potentials and bottlenecks

C Kuenzer, M Ottinger, M Wegmann… - … Journal of Remote …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Many biologists, ecologists, and conservationists are interested in the possibilities that
remote sensing offers for their daily work and study site analyses as well as for the …

Governing for transformative change across the biodiversity–climate–society nexus

U Pascual, PD McElwee, SE Diamond, HT Ngo… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore
how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be …

Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals

WJ Ripple, K Abernethy, MG Betts… - Royal Society …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and
geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences …

The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

RCR Abreu, WA Hoffmann, HL Vasconcelos… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Tropical savannas have been increasingly viewed as an opportunity for carbon
sequestration through fire suppression and afforestation, but insufficient attention has been …

Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

MJP Sullivan, J Talbot, SL Lewis, OL Phillips, L Qie… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Tropical forests are global centres of biodiversity and carbon storage. Many tropical
countries aspire to protect forest to fulfil biodiversity and climate mitigation policy targets, but …

Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding

Y Ji, L Ashton, SM Pedley, DP Edwards, Y Tang… - Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
To manage and conserve biodiversity, one must know what is being lost, where, and why, as
well as which remedies are likely to be most effective. Metabarcoding technology can …

An operational framework for defining and monitoring forest degradation

ID Thompson, MR Guariguata, K Okabe… - Ecology and …, 2013 - JSTOR
Forest degradation is broadly defined as a reduction in the capacity of a forest to produce
ecosystem services such as carbon storage and wood products as a result of anthropogenic …

Second rate or a second chance? Assessing biomass and biodiversity recovery in regenerating Amazonian forests

GD Lennox, TA Gardner, JR Thomson… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary forests (SFs) regenerating on previously deforested land account for large,
expanding areas of tropical forest cover. Given that tropical forests rank among Earth's most …

Land-use protection for climate change mitigation

A Popp, F Humpenöder, I Weindl, BL Bodirsky… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
Land-use change, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, is a massive
source of carbon emissions and contributes substantially to global warming,,. Therefore …